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An antitrust exemption would allow the leading AI labs to entrench their positions by setting the rules of the game and determining who gets to compete.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Not everybody buys that AI is destined to entrench fossil fuels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Denying American startups access to models available abroad would stifle competition, entrench incumbents, and function as a tax on intelligence," the letter from the Little Tech Association said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

In Tehran, some ordinary Iranians feared a deal with the United States would entrench the authorities' rule.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Grant had been criticized for not entrenching at Pittsburg Landing; Halleck, it seemed, was determined to entrench himself all the way from Pittsburg Landing to Corinth.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Still, budget watchdogs argue that subsidies are too generous and the system disproportionately benefits large farms, which entrenches consolidation in agriculture.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

"This is an issue that further entrenches health inequalities with the most deprived children far more likely to be impacted than their richer peers," she added.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

The risk is a settlement that entrenches Iranian influence over Persian Gulf energy exports for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

Southwest as yet another heat dome entrenches itself over the southern tier of the country and Mexico.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 11, 2023

Somebody in those marvellous maxims from the dark ages that seem to form the chief reading of our military experts, said that the army that entrenches is a defeated army.

From What is Coming? by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

And it’s a challenge for a candidate whose rise was fueled by a combative approach to entrenched power, an approach many of his supporters appreciate.

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

The low-fire component is deeply entrenched at this point.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Close to home, in neighboring Hungary, they succeeded in ousting another entrenched leader.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The team was convinced that Antonelli’s youth, his hundreds of hours in simulators, and his lack of entrenched habits would help him adapt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Despite European guns, the Indians’ greater numbers, entrenched positions, knowledge of the terrain, and superb archery made them formidable adversaries.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Upon his return, he could have gone even further by entrenching tariffs in American tax and trade policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Neptun Deep is set to become the largest gas producer in Romania, entrenching the country’s place as the European Union’s leading producer of the fuel and crucial to the continent’s energy security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

As everyone waits to see how the bill fares in the Senate, below is a rundown of how a range of industries view proposals to “lock the clock” and “ditch the switch” by entrenching DST.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

They’re further entrenching themselves with their AI cloud customers, and growing their ad businesses, while Amazon also continues to see more mild growth of e-commerce sales.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

With his entrenching tool, which weighed 5 pounds, he began digging a hole in the earth.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien